diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 64b9dd267b..1045bd921d 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ def WriteSources(self, configs, deps, sources,
       includes = config.get('include_dirs')
       if includes:
         includes = map(Sourceify, map(self.Absolutify, includes))
-      self.WriteList(includes, 'INCS_%s' % configname, prefix='-I')
+      self.WriteList(includes, 'INCS_%s' % configname, prefix='-I', quoter=EscapeShellArgument)
 
     compilable = filter(Compilable, sources)
     objs = map(self.Objectify, map(self.Absolutify, map(Target, compilable)))